Category: Business

  • The PRketing PRunt

    One web definition of “public relations” is “A promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution.” Clearly that’s what DS Simon Productions in New York City is trying to do in its announcement of being granted a trademark…

  • Experiencing the FT’s #FTDLW12

    I’m spending the day today at the Financial Times headquarters in London, taking part in an employee-focused learning experience that, until I arrived here early this morning, I hadn’t appreciated the full scale of what they’re endeavouring to achieve. The…

  • On target with QR codes

    A technology that’s often criticized as being in a cul-de-sac is QR codes, those little square images that you scan with an app on your smartphone to perform some kind of action. It’s that ‘action’ that’s the focus of criticism…

  • Fine-tune your LinkedIn profile with Endorsements

    If you use LinkedIn, the social network for business, you’ll very likely be interested in a new feature LinkedIn is rolling out that gives you the ability to rate the people in your network on their skills and expertise. Others…

  • Freedom from charger entanglement

    If you have lots of mobile and other portable devices as I do, I bet you have a lot of chargers to go with them, undoubtedly one charger per device. I just did a quick count around the office: ten…